State comparison · 2025
Optometrists salary: Maryland vs Oregon
Optometrists in Maryland earn a median of $165,840. In Oregon, $132,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.7% — not 25.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.6%
Maryland vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+23.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Optometrists
- Median
- $165,840
- p25
- $81,780
- p75
- $201,810
- p10
- $50,560
- p90
- $215,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
Oregon
Optometrists
- Median
- $132,020
- p25
- $102,030
- p75
- $143,500
- p10
- $83,830
- p90
- $161,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.